The Official 2017 Singapore Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**
Discussion
Date(s): Friday 15 September - Sunday 17 September 2017
UK Broadcast Timings (and local time)
All sessions are live on Sky F1 and C4
MARINA BAY STREET CIRCUIT
Live timing for all sessions available here:
http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/f1-...
Weather forecast:
http://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Racing/Singapore/S...
Event timings, steward decisions, technical reports and laptimes for the weekend will appear here:
http://www.fia.com/championship/events/fia-formula...
The tyre choices:
Circuit/tyre info:
Lets hope for some action at the front of the grid at this weekends grand prix. I am hoping the Red Bulls can compete with Merc and Ferrari at this one.
Hamilton and Vettel both taking an extra set of the harder compound tyres. Can anyone shed some light on why they would do this?
UK Broadcast Timings (and local time)
All sessions are live on Sky F1 and C4
Session | Day | Sky F1 | Channel 4 | Session Start | Local Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Practice 1 | Fri | 0915 | 0925 | 0930 | 1630 |
Practice 2 | Fri | 1315 | 1325 | 1330 | 2030 |
Practice 3 | Sat | 1045 | 1055 | 1100 | 1800 |
Qualifying | Sat | 1240 | 1255 | 1400 | 2100 |
Race | Sun | 1230 | 1235 | 1300 | 2000 |
MARINA BAY STREET CIRCUIT
Live timing for all sessions available here:
http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/f1-...
Weather forecast:
http://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Racing/Singapore/S...
Event timings, steward decisions, technical reports and laptimes for the weekend will appear here:
http://www.fia.com/championship/events/fia-formula...
The tyre choices:
Circuit/tyre info:
Lets hope for some action at the front of the grid at this weekends grand prix. I am hoping the Red Bulls can compete with Merc and Ferrari at this one.
Hamilton and Vettel both taking an extra set of the harder compound tyres. Can anyone shed some light on why they would do this?
Edited by sandman77 on Tuesday 12th September 10:49
Edited by sandman77 on Tuesday 12th September 12:44
Another explanation would be to look at the super soft compounds for Hamilton & Vettel's team mates...they have one extra of those. Basically, it's for the practice sessions. One driver will do a long run on the soft while the other will do it on the super soft and the data will be shared. No big issue, as it's a 2nd stint sim. You will also see both drivers put in a long run on a set of ultra soft (1st stint sim) as it's more important for both drivers (& the team) to have a feel for the car on heavy fuel loads to work on setup etc.
I expect this race to be a straight fight. Game on!
Vettel is normally pretty good around here.
I expect this race to be a straight fight. Game on!
Vettel is normally pretty good around here.
Hulk fact. If Nico Hulkenberg finishes off the podium at Singapore, he'll take the current record from Adrian Sutil for race starts without a podium finish. Sutil and Hulk are both currently on 128 starts without a podium.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2017/9...
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2017/9...
ajprice said:
Hulk fact. If Nico Hulkenberg finishes off the podium at Singapore, he'll take the current record from Adrian Sutil for race starts without a podium finish. Sutil and Hulk are both currently on 128 starts without a podium.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2017/9...
Probably one record Sutil won't mind loosing!https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2017/9...
The Moose said:
ajprice said:
Hulk fact. If Nico Hulkenberg finishes off the podium at Singapore, he'll take the current record from Adrian Sutil for race starts without a podium finish. Sutil and Hulk are both currently on 128 starts without a podium.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2017/9...
Probably one record Sutil won't mind loosing!https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2017/9...
tight fart said:
Is it just me who thinks they should just be called soft, medium and hard tyres?
Sat and watched a race with a" new F1 viewer" and they thought it was like the rock comedy with the amp that went to 11.
I know what you mean but there are more than three different compounds. Sat and watched a race with a" new F1 viewer" and they thought it was like the rock comedy with the amp that went to 11.
Edited by tight fart on Monday 11th September 21:26
tight fart said:
sandman77 said:
I know what you mean but there are more than three different compounds.
I couldn't care if there are 33 compounds there are only 3 on the day. (Weekend)Current system works as every tyre can be referred to by one word, the ultras were added subsequently as originally there were 4 compounds and after super where do you go?
tobinen said:
I think the session start and local times are the wrong way round in the OP (thanks for kicking it off though)
New rule - the fist person to point out a mistake has to start off the next GP thread. All fixed now. I got the session times from F1.com but I noticed that the tv listings say the qualifying starts at 1pm.
hairyben said:
tight fart said:
sandman77 said:
I know what you mean but there are more than three different compounds.
I couldn't care if there are 33 compounds there are only 3 on the day. (Weekend)Current system works as every tyre can be referred to by one word, the ultras were added subsequently as originally there were 4 compounds and after super where do you go?
Seriously, who comes up with a scale of five items and names them ultra-super-soft-medium-hard? Everyone knows that medium should be in the middle of the scale.
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